This cartoon strip is on the closing page of the first book describing my dieting journey. It seems an opportune time to summarise what I...

Yesterday was April 1 and I got up bright and early to get my April Fool's play in motion. I barked out loud to Iulia and Loki my prank,...

On Saturday we got in the car and went for a spin out of town, heading west towards the river, an old haunt of my parents who loved to...

Good Friday ended up being very good indeed. We took a turn to a location that my grandmother took me to when I was Loki's age, and in...

Iulia disappears for several hours on the weekend every now and then, returning brandishing a new hair colour, or new tint on her nails,...

Something I've noticed only recently is that the number of fat people at work is diminishing. There used to be a healthy proportion of...

We're beginning to see and feel little signs that we're on the right path. I can see my cheek bones for the first time in quite a while....

Monday morning - another weigh in, and jitters about what damage the naughtiness on Friday might have brought. Different levels of...

In cricket, if you're a superstitious batsman (or batter as seems to be the current term) on 87 runs not out then it's a worrying time...

There are an awful lot of young brunette women in our office of a certain age, and certain height, who wear the same clothes, and have...

Today at work I sat down on one of the specially procured ergonomically designed chairs in the open plan area, carefully thought through...

We're on the first floor in our block of flats, so if there are any intruders we've got the loss leaders of the two flats below us first...

The light in the eyes glints differently. There's slightly more white too. And it comes with the occasional shudder. When you see it, you...

Amazing how big a deal the national day of one particular country is around the world. There are about 195 of them, but the Irish...

Saturday has arrived and its time to chill. And take in our achievements so far on this diet. Well, that was the plan. A key point I'd...

Caesar was warned to beware the 15th of March and look what happened to him. Well, for me it's a case of 'beware the day before the Ides...

Just got back from the client drinks session tonight. Not as disciplined as I'd hoped. Sad. A bad night for the diet. The things you do...

An occupational hazard for diets is evenings with other business people. The social lubricants for productive conversations usually...

Iulia made a very good point today. Too often on this diet we treat the week like we would a project at work. Essentially delay until the...

Weigh in day today and the scales gave their judgement. Beginning to think we may need to install some kind of CCTV for the weigh-ins...